Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission
Mr. John Farrelly:
I do not think we have been inconsistent because we are required to enforce based on the law. We have not been inconsistent. Depending on what is in the media or what is not, it may be perceived that it is inconsistent, but it has not been inconsistent. We have been consistent where we have found significant breaches of, for example, conditions. St. Stephen's Hospital is now out of court so that is concluded. We applied the condition of not admitting people to St. Stephen's Hospital because it was just not good enough for people. The therapeutics were not there. That is why that one ended up in court.
We had stated the condition was that people could only be admitted from the Carraig Mór forensic unit so that-----
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